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Thailand can dream. It just might not do any good against the U.S. national team. Thailand kicks off the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday with a daunting challenge against the defending champion United States. The top-ranked Americans are seeking their fourth overall World Cup title, and coach Thailand coach Nuengruethai Sathongwien said the team is […]

The San Diego Padres didn’t play like all-stars on the baseball field Sunday, but they sang like ones in the dugout. The video below shows the team singing the song, led by outfielder Franmil Reyes. The Pads’ rookie sensation Fernando Tatis, Jr., shows he’s almost as good with an air guitar as he is with

Turkey lodged a formal protest Monday over the allegedly rude treatment its national soccer team received at Iceland’s largest airport after arriving for a European Championship qualifying match. The Turkish team has complained that it was delayed at Keflavik Airport on Sunday while officials searched bags at a slow pace. Airport officials have defended the

Former U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo has gone from stopping shots to taking them ― at her former coach. As the U.S. team prepared for its first match against Thailand in the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday, Solo told the BBC over the weekend that coach Jill Ellis “cracks under the pressure.” “She’s not the leader

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga powered past 2017 semifinalist Mischa Zverev 6-3, 6-0 before rain brought an early end to play at the Stuttgart Open on Monday. Tsonga struck 13 aces as he wrapped up his debut at the grass-court tournament in under an hour to set up a second-round meeting with the sixth-seeded Milos Raonic or Australian

Kevin Durant practiced Monday morning. The Golden State Warriors will wait before deciding if he plays Monday night. The Warriors are listing Durant — who has been sidelined for more than a month with a strained calf — as a “game-time decision” for Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Warriors trail the Toronto Raptors

The Chinese masseuse shrinks into her chair as the Florida sheriff’s detective tells her deputies installed hidden cameras in her spa’s ceiling. He knows she and other women had sex with men for money. But you can save yourself, Martin County Detective Mike Fenton and others tell her. We will give you an apartment. We

It was just past midnight Monday morning, and Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri decided it was time to go see the people. So he headed outside — to the line of fans waiting to get into Jurassic Park, a group of die-hards who had been in line for hours and hours and hours already. And

Florida State coach Mike Martin, the all-time wins leader in all NCAA sports, will get one more shot at winning his first national championship before he retires. The Seminoles continued their improbable postseason surge with a 5-4 win over LSU in 12 innings Sunday night to complete a two-game super regional sweep. Now, Martin and

The stage is set for what should be the ideal U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, perhaps the most popular of all U.S. Open courses with its magnificent Pacific coastline and small greens, with its history of high drama and great champions. The fairways are roughly the same width as always at Pebble. The rough is